A fresh YouGov poll won’t make happy reading for Number 10 as the PM jets off to Washington. Just 23% of Britons believe Starmer will be good at negotiating with Trump, while a whopping 57% think he will be either “very bad” or “fairly bad”. Meanwhile, DC sources suggest that Starmer’s much hated Chagos surrender deal could come up publicly during his meeting with Trump. Guido can think of one way Starmer might improve negotiations…
Sarah Pochin at Reform Scotland’s manifesto launch event: “I really wanted to come on in a Reform tartan burka, but apparently I wasn’t allowed… One day let’s do one of these events not live-streamed. We’ll do all the naughty stuff…”